Miss Grand South Africa

For the most recent edition, see Miss Grand South Africa 2023. For the upcoming edition, see Miss Grand South Africa 2024.

Miss Grand South Africa

Formation	September 17, 2015;9 years ago (2015-09-17)
Founder	Anel de Swardt
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Pretoria
Location	South Africa
Membership	Miss Grand International
Official language	English
National Director	Lenie Pieterse
Parent organization	Maggy-Dee Productions (2017 – Present)

Miss Grand South Africa licensee timeline

Miss Grand South Africa is an annual female beauty pageant in South Africa founded in 2015 by Commonwealth Pageant South Africa, led by Anel de Swardt, ^{[1] [2]} aiming to select the country representative to compete in its parent contest Miss Grand International. ^{[1] [3]} The license was transferred to Zee World in 2016, ^[3] and later to Maggy-Dee Productions, led by Miss Grand South Africa 2015 "Lenie Pieterse" who currently owns and runs the contest since 2017. ^{[4] [5]}

South Africa got placements at Miss Grand International twice including top 20 finalists by "Belinde Schreuder" in 2019 and the fourth runner-up by "Jeanè Van Dam" in 2021. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

History

South Africa made its debutant at Miss Grand International in 2015 by Magdalena Lenie Pieterse, who had been serving as the director of the Miss Grand South Africa beauty contest since 2017. After winning the 2015 title at the parallel contest of the Commonwealth Pageant South Africa, Miss & Mrs. Grand South Africa 2015–16, held in the Lyric Theatre at Gold Reef City amusement park of Johannesburg on 17 September 2015, ^{[1] [2]} Pieterse entered the Miss Grand International 2015 world final round in Bangkok, Thailand, ^[1] then became the director of the national preliminary contest for such an international pageant two years later.

In 2016, An English-Bollywood TV channel in Johannesburg, Zee World, obtained one year license for the Miss Grand International 2016, ^[3] the national contest was held on 6 August 2016 at Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria featuring 6 national finalists, in which Caitlin Harty, a professional model based in Johannesburg, was announced as the titleholder. ^{[3] [9]} However, Zee World lost the license to Magdalena Pieterse in the following year. Under the direction of Pieterse, her first affiliated titleholder, Yajna Debideen, was appointed to the position instead of conducting the national contest. ^{[4] [5]} Debideen was the first runner-up Miss Supranational South Africa 2017. ^{[4] [5]}

In the following year, the organizer company, Maggy-Dee Productions, was founded by Pieterse, and became responsible for managing the national contest. ^[10] The first pageant under the direction of such an organ took place on 4 August 2018 at Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria, and the contest has been held annually since then. ^{[10] [11] [12]} South Africa got placements twice at the Miss Grand International contest, including Top 20 finalists by Belinde Schreuder in 2019 and the fourth runner-up by Jeanè Van Dam in 2021. ^{[8] [13]}

Since acquiring the license, the Miss Grand South Africa pageant, under the direction of Lenie Pieterse, has been aiming to empower women with the knowledge to bring about changes to communities in need by becoming a charity and cultural ambassador within South Africa. ^[11] Several national finalists are currently working with the local non-profit organizations (NGOs) or providing the necessities support for those organs. ^{[11] [14] [15]} For instance, the 2021 finalist, Storm Hurlbatt, an established financial advisor, who created the MakeNoise360 campaign to change the culture of violence and injustice in society. ^[15] as well as Genive Trimble, the other 2021 finalist, who is affiliated with the Humanitarian Empowerment Fund, the organization that was founded to holistically change and empower communities, families, and industries through helping with food supply, security, education, and rehabilitation. ^[11]

Editions

Date and venue

Miss Grand South Africa Editions

Year	Edition	Date	Venue	Host province	Entrants	Ref.
2015	1th	11 September	Lyric Theatre of Gold Reef City amusement park, Johannesburg	Gauteng	8	[1] [2]
2016	2nd	6 August	Atterbury Theatre, Pretoria		6	[3] [9]
2018	3rd	4 August			14	[10]
2019	4th	25 May			10	[16]
2020	5th	30 August	The event was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.		14	[17]
2021	6th	14 August	Atterbury Theatre, Pretoria	Gauteng	26	[11]
2022	7th	9 July	Lake Umuzi Waterfront Hotel, Secunda	Mpumalanga	38	[18] [19]
2023	8th	22 July	Atterbury Theatre, Pretoria	Gauteng	25	[20] [21]
2024	9th	1 June	Theatre of Marcellus, Emperors Palace, Johannesburg		28	[22] : 4
2025	10th	28 June			35	[23] : 5  [24]

Competition result

Year	Miss Grand South Africa	Runners-up				Ref.
		1st runner-up	2nd runner-up	3rd runner-up	4th runner-up
2015	Magdalena Pieterse [α]	Danielle Leach	Rina van Schalkwyk	Not awarded	Not awarded	[1]
2016	Caitlin Harty	Precious Khoza	Thando Tsiane	Not awarded	Not awarded	[3] [9]
2018	Misha Christie	Natasché Daniels	Refentse Fensi Molehe	Nedien Andrews	Rhulani Mathevula	[25]
2019	Belinde Schreuder [γ]	Jeané Van Dam	Phomolo Bianca Tjie	Beauron Julies	Shaleen de Witt	[8] [16]
2020	Anronet Roelofsz	Nompumelelo Malindi	Sthabile Mnyandu	Not awarded	Not awarded	[26]
2021	Jeanè Van Dam	Lu Juan Mzyk	Danielle Van Zyl	Genive Trimble	Jordan Van Rensburg	[12]
2022	Lu Juan Mzyk	Bianca Ramalho	Sphilangomusa Khwezi Msweli	Anita Meyer	Sharné Dheochand	[19] [27]
2023	Gugulethu Mayisela	Thulani Ndzotyana	Joey Roman	Robyn Hill	Monique Best	[28]
2024	Sharné Dheochand	Karabo Lawal	Suhané Bosch	Sinamile Dlamini	Lesego Nyathela	[29] [30]
Note 1. ^α Currently, the national director of Miss Grand South Africa. [5] 2. ^γ Previously World Super Model 2017, [31] Miss Supranational South Africa 2018, [32] and Miss Intercontinental South Africa 2018. [33]

Winner gallery

• 
  Miss Grand South Africa 2024
  Sharné Dheochand
• 
  Miss Grand South Africa 2023
  Gugulethu Mayisela
• 
  Miss Grand South Africa 2022
  Lu Juan Mzyk
• 
  Miss Grand South Africa 2021
  Jeanè Van Dam
• 
  Miss Grand South Africa 2015
  Lenie Pieterse

International competition

The following list shows South Africa's representatives at the Miss Grand International pageant.

Year	Representative	Original national title	Competition performance		National director	Ref.
			Placement	Special award(s)
2014	Ane Reynolds	Appointed	Did not compete		Invited	[34] [35]
2015	Magdalena Pieterse	Miss Grand South Africa 2015	Unplaced	—	Anel de Swardt	[1]
2016	Caitlin Harty	Miss Grand South Africa 2016	Unplaced	—	Harish Goyal	[3] [9]
2017	Yajna Debideen	1st runner-up Miss Supranational South Africa 2017	Unplaced	—	Lenie Pieterse	[4] [5]
2018	Misha Christie	Miss Grand South Africa 2018	Unplaced	—		[25]
2019	Belinde Schreuder	Miss Grand South Africa 2019	Top 20	—		[8] [16]
2020	Anronet Roelofsz	Miss Grand South Africa 2020	Unplaced	—		[26]
2021	Jeanè Van Dam	Miss Grand South Africa 2021	4th runner-up	—		[6] [7] [36]
2022	Lu Juan Mzyk	Miss Grand South Africa 2022	Unplaced	—		[19]
2023	Gugulethu Mayisela	Miss Grand South Africa 2023	Unplaced	—		[28]
2024	Sharné Dheochand	Miss Grand South Africa 2024	Unplaced	—		[37]

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand South Africa pageant, as well as the competition results.

Color keys

 W  Declared as the winner

  Ended as a runner-up

  Ended as a semifinalist

  Ended as a quarterfinalist

 –  Did not participate

  Withdraw during the competition

Year Provinces	2015	2016	2018	2019	2023	2024
Eastern Cape	Danielle Leach (1st)	Andile Mncube	Nonele Mhlonitshwa	—	Nandi Sonjica	Chumasande Somazembe
					Philene van Niekerk (Top 11)
			Zintle Zincume		Snenhlanhla Gumede	Allison Vogelstruis
					Thulani Ndzotyana (1st)
Free State	Lenie Maggy Pieterse (W)	Nothile Mkhize	Irene Le Roux	—	—	—
Gauteng	—	Thando Tsiane (2nd)	Misha Christie (W)	Shaleen de Witt (Top 5)	Annedernive Brown (Top 11)	Thenjiwe Khatle
						Mandisa Khumalo
			Mathu Mcube	Belinde Schreuder (W)	Gugulethu Mayisela (W)	Melissa Moyani
						Nandipha Nqati
				Jeané Van Dam (1st)	Jané van Niekerk (Top 11)	Sinamile Dlamini (3rd)
						Kefiloe Kolopang
			Nombuso Indoni Magalela	Simoné van Wyk	Jaqueline Cronje (Top 11)	Juane Bekker
						Naledi Mphahlele
				Tharina Botes	Karabo Pororo	Karabo Lawal (1st)
						Odwa Nyeke (Top 11)
			Mathu Nomusa	Anzelle Krige	Malebogo Selaledi	Lesego Nyathela (4th)
						Fhulufhelo Bilankulu
					Mikhaela Vythilingam	Lethaukuthula Maseko
			Rhulani Mathevula (4th)	Juan-Marie Nagel		Chanel Rautenbach (Top 11)
					Nikiwe Msache	Suhané Bosch (2nd)
						Dikeledi Mokwane
					Rhulani Mathevula (Top 11)	Sherlain Holmes
KwaZulu-Natal	—	Charmaine Mureyi	Zama Xaba	—	Luleka Ntanzi	Nokwanda Bila
					Mvelenhle Dlungwane	Sivuyile Malinga
					Robyn Hill (3rd)	Sharné Dheochand (W)
					Tara-Linn Govender	Alicia Mthembu
Limpopo	Rina van Schalkwyk (2nd)	Caitlin Harty (W)	Kgwadi Megan	Phomolo Bianca Tjie (2nd)	Diana Ndavani	Zinhle Mkhabela
					Mologadi Monoge (Top 11)
					Praise Nkovani	Pertunia Mathole
Mpumalanga	—	Precious Khoza (1st)	Refentse Molehe (2nd)	—	—	Portia Ndaba
North West	—	Thobile Ntuli	Simone Swanepoel	Peggy Chauke	Monique Best (4th)	Relebogile Muruvi
						Letlhogonolo Basime
					Palesa Masuku	Kgakollo Dithipe (Top 11)
						Galaletsang Phuti
Northern Cape	—	—	Nedien Andrews (3rd)	Beauron Julies (Top 5)	—	—
Western Cape	—	Imi Mpakathi	Natasche Daniels (1st)	Edwina Hess	Edwina Hess	Candy-lee Duarttee
				Joey Roman	Joey Roman (2nd)
				Siphosethu Vukemntwini	Siphosethu Vukemntwini	Colleen Stafford
Total	8	8	14	13	25	32

Year Provinces	2020	2021	2022
Unknown	Angela Bendzane (Top 8)	Antoinette Van Zyl	Anele Mbomambi
	Anronet Roelofsz (W)	Brooklyn Bradley	Angelique Fourie
	Antoinette Tshireletso (Top 8)	Carol Kgwete	Anita Meyer (3rd)
	Benelyn Kgwete	Danielle Van Zyl (2nd)	Antoinette Van
	Boipelo Letlape	Esethu Makholwa	Bianca Bezuidenhout
	Imi Mpakhati	Faith Mathopa	Bianca Romalho (1st)
	Itumeleng Mashego	Genive Trimble (3rd)	Buhle Tshoniswa
	Nompumelelo Malindi (1st)	Jane Bacher	Franze Janse Van Rensburg
	Ororiseng Thubisi	Jeane Van Dam (W)	Goitseone Thlabane
	Philadelphia Mangoeng	Jonelle Grundeling	Itumeleng Baloyi
	Roxanne Hendricks	Jansen Van Rensburg (4th)	Jane Van Niekerk
	Sthabile Mnyandu (2nd)	Julia Odiona	Kieara Peregrine
	Tikepah Goodman (Top 5)	Karike Lourens	Lebohang Raputsoe
	Victoria Welthagen (Top 8)	Kelly Coetzee	Lerato Maponya
	Taahira Bungu (Top 5)	Kelly Winter	Lujuan Mzyk (W)
	—	Lebogang Hlaka	Luyanda Khubisa
		Lesley Anne Holworthy	Marene Lessing
		Lise Mari Nicole Blaauw	Minenhle Lukhele
		Ludina Ngwenya	Mosima Matlala
		Lu Juan Mzyk (1st)	Nazia Wadee
		Melanie Barnes	Nondumiso Mapaila
		Ncebakazi Dlamini	Ofentse Kau
		Nokwanda Mbanjwa	Ontshiametse Tlhopane
		Ororiseng Thubisi	Pelly Mbantsa
		Phomolo Matlalepoo	Philene Van Niekerk
		Priscilla Mamet ja	Poeletso Aphane
		Shaian Changane	Refilwe Mangope
		Sinesipho Govuza	Rhulani Mathevula
		Siphosihle Blanket	Robyn Harry
		Storm Hurlbatt	Sharne Dheochand
		Tivani Makamu	Simone De Jager
		Victoria Welthagen	Sphilangomusa Msweli (2nd)
		Ziyanda Maneli	Tamaryn Price
		—	Thandi Molepo
			Thando Khumalo
			Themnilihle Qhina
			Tshegofatso Mokgatle
			Victoria Welthagen
Total	15	33	38

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External links

• South Africa portal

• Media related to Miss Grand South Africa at Wikimedia Commons